Blackmagic Announces New Fairlight Console

Portable and affordable audio control surface with 12 flying faders, full channel status LCDs, automation control plus HDMI audio status and metering! Blackmagic Design announces the new Fairlight Desktop Console, a portable audio control surface featuring 12 high quality touch sensitive flying faders, built in LCDs above each channel strip for pan and effects control,… Continue reading Blackmagic Announces New Fairlight Console

THE GEAR CHOICES OF LEGENDARY FILM SOUND RECORDIST DANNY MICHAEL

Veteran production sound mixer, Danny Michael has used a lot of microphones and recorders throughout his 50-yr career in film and television sound recording.  These days he usually sports his trusty d:dicate 4017B shotgun for traditional booming situations, but it wasn’t always the case. Very few sound mixers gain any kind of notoriety, despite stellar and… Continue reading THE GEAR CHOICES OF LEGENDARY FILM SOUND RECORDIST DANNY MICHAEL

SOUND: BEAU BORDERS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF USING THE RIGHT SOUND EFFECTS

Academy Award nominated sound designer Beau Borders‘ twenty year career reads like a Hollywood blockbuster ‘best of’ list. He has mixed sound on major studio releases such as Titanic, Armageddon, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Transformers, Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man 3, Lone Survivor and the soon to be released Foxcatcher, starring… Continue reading SOUND: BEAU BORDERS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF USING THE RIGHT SOUND EFFECTS

INTERVIEW: MASTER FILM SOUND MIXER ROGER SAVAGE

So many international awards… so little cupboard space. Andy Stewart talks to Master film sound mixer and Australia’s most decorated film sound engineer about operating Soundfirm and what’s involved in delivering great sound to a cinema audience. Though he’s been responsible for mixing some of Australia’s most iconic films, as well as several international blockbusters, Roger… Continue reading INTERVIEW: MASTER FILM SOUND MIXER ROGER SAVAGE